This week Pete (@mr_van_w) laments the extra workload caused by menial tasks that have no benefit to the teacher or the students but are mandated within schools or systems. New contributor Shawtima (@ShawtimaSmiles) invites us to join her on her quest to improving her workflow and taking some of the power back. John (@jfcatto) comments on a report written by an idiot, who somehow managed to get a job as chair of a committee, that doesn't even garner support from the members of the committee.
Also - who knew John would know what Dementors are?
Pete: The Pedagogical Dementors - Sarah Barker
https://thestableoyster.wordpress.com/2019/12/05/the-pedagogical-dementors/
It Starts as an Annotated Seating Plan - Sarah Barker
https://thestableoyster.wordpress.com/2020/02/12/it-starts-as-an-annotated-seating-plan/
John: Report calls for school inspectors to monitor teachers - Jordan Baker
Taika Waititi - Give Nothing To Racism
Thanks so much Shawtima, you're a druid of the highest order, lady of all crocheted crustaceans, and the shiniest shiny there is!
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This week John (@jfcatto) wades through the Grattan Institute's mammoth report recommending the implementation of Instructional Specialists and Master Teachers.
Pete (@mr_van_w) highlights the idea of Assessment Literacy for teachers and to question what inferences and conclusions can be made from assessments.
John: Top teachers: sharing expertise to Improve teaching - Peter Goss and Julie Sonnemann
https://grattan.edu.au/report/top-teachers/
Pete: Needed: A Dose of Assessment Literacy - W James Popham
This week Pete (@mr_van_w) ponders an interview from one of our our stable mates ERRR that makes him question how progressive is too progressive. John (@jfcatto) then discusses something close to his heart; teacher accreditation at the higher levels of Highly Accomplished Teachers (HAT) and Lead Teachers (LT).
Pete: Education Research Reading Room #038: Peter Gray on the Freedom to Learn - Ollie Lovell
https://www.ollielovell.com/errr/petergray/
John: Incentivising Quality: It will take more than just carrots to keep teachers in the classroom - Melanie Ralph
This week Pete (@mr_van_w) ponders an interview from one of our our stable mates ERRR that makes him question how progressive is too progressive. John (@jfcatto) then discusses something close to his heart; teacher accreditation at the higher levels of Highly Accomplished Teachers (HAT) and Lead Teachers (LT).
Pete: Education Research Reading Room #038: Peter Gray on the Freedom to Learn - Ollie Lovell
https://www.ollielovell.com/errr/petergray/
John: Incentivising Quality: It will take more than just carrots to keep teachers in the classroom - Melanie Ralph
Pete (@mr_van_w) and John (@jfcatto) return to the 2020 year with a rambling recap of their holidays. Pete identifies some of the obligatory media narratives that need to be trotted out at the start of another school year. John regales us with a parable illustrating the some of the nuances between Direct Instruction and Discovery Learning that are not taken into account by the quantitative studies
Articles:
Pete: I haven't even started teaching yet, but it's already cost me $700 - and I'm not alone - Ellen Wengert
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-01-24/starting-costs-graduate-teachers-in-the-classroom/11872676
What can parents do to help their child's teacher? A 'recovering' teacher's term one wishlist - Gabby Stroud
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-01-29/what-can-parents-do-to-help-their-childs-teacher/11902654
John: Discovery Learning Experiments - Georgios Zonnios